Showing posts with label himalaya. Show all posts
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Beauty of Gilgit-Baltistan Northern Areas Pakistan

Gilgit-Baltistan (Urdu: گلگت بلتستان‎), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is the northernmost administrative territory in #Pakistan. It borders Azad Kashmir to the south, the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, the Wakhan Corridor of #Afghanistan to the north, the Xinjiang region of #China, to the east, and the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast.


Nanga Parbat World's 9th Highest Mountain in Pakistan

Nanga Parbat (Urdu: نانگا پربت) is the ninth highest mountain in the world at 8,126 metres (26,660 ft) above sea level. It is the western anchor of the Himalayas around which the Indus river skirts into the plains of Pakistan. It is located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan and is locally known as Diamir or Deo Mir (deo meaning "huge" and mir meaning "mountain").